by Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY Sports

by Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY Sports

Last year at this time, the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll featured a new team at the top seemingly every week. That hasn't been the case thus far in 2013-14.

After staving off a Sunday night challenge from Utah, Arizona will spend an eighth consecutive week at No. 1. The Wildcats once again claimed 31 of 32 first-place votes, but they have a potentially tricky road swing through the Bay Area on deck.

No. 2 Syracuse also kept its record clean and again picked up the remaining No.1 vote. Wichita State, the last of the three undefeated squads in Division I, moved up to No. 3, the highest ranking for the Shockers since USA TODAY Sports began administering the poll.

The rest of the top five looks a bit different as Florida and San Diego State each climbed two places to fourth and fifth, respectively.

Stock up: Michigan.

A win over a top-10 club can certainly enhance one's poll position. String together three of them as Michigan has, and the upward mobility accelerates. The Wolverines check in at No.14 this week, up 11 spots from last week's 25th-place tie, after adding then-No. 3 Michigan State to their list of victims. The Spartans slid only three places to No. 6.

Stock down: Ohio State.

It wasn't all good news for the Big Ten teams in the poll. The Buckeyes did manage to stop their slide over the weekend but still took another hit in the rankings. After appearing as high as No.2 this season, the Buckeyes now find themselves at No. 23, down another eight positions.

Stock up: Kansas.

The Jayhawks' resurgence continues after another impressive week in Big 12 competition. KU gained four spots to tie for No. 7 with Louisville.

Stock down: Massachusetts.

The Minutemen bounced back in a big way after a midweek setback but still took a seven-spot drop to No.19 for the week.

Stock up: Creighton.

The Bluejays rode a pair of convincing Big East wins, including a sharp-shooting clinic against then-No. 5 Villanova, to a four-slot gain to No. 20.

Stock down: Wisconsin.

A midweek loss to Minnesota knocked the Badgers down five notches to No. 13.

New kids on the block: None. Due to last week's quirk of a tie for No. 25, there are no new ranked teams this week despite one team falling out of the poll.

College dropout: Baylor.

Eddie Timanus, a colleges sports writer and the polls editor for USA TODAY Sports, is on Twitter @EddieTimanus.